Friday, March 10, 2023 We saw the Minnesota orchestra perform the Symphony for our World by National Geographic at Orchestra Hall tonight. Wow! There was an AMAZING movie of animals to watch while the orchestra played, but as good as that was, the music was every bit as good. I kept thinking EVERYONE NEEDS TO
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Thursday, March 9, 2023 I was up and doing stuff this morning, getting organized to cook lunch and all that, because I had an appointment to donate blood at noon. Then it occurred to me that I was just in Amazonia. They are always interested in where you’ve been when you donate blood. I had
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 There is a French horn player that has subbed in Metro Brass a few times that lives in our neighborhood. She asked Keith to run through some new music she inherited. It turns out she lives directly on the path we take when we “take a walk”, so he took a
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Monday, March 6, 2023 Keith is back to work, and I am lucky enough to be on spring break this week. I was thinking about our trip this afternoon. We did some really cool things and saw some really cool things. The best parts of travel always seem to be about the people you spend
Sunday, March 5, 2023 Happy birthday to my sister, Nancy! We were in Brazil two days ago and tonight we went to see Bruce Springsteen. Man, do we live the best lives! The tickets were sold with dynamic pricing – meaning as we were looking at tickets the prices were going up. The first tickets
Saturday, March 4, 2023 And just like that, we are home again. I was so glad to get on a Delta flight last night, it was odd. It felt like a really long day getting to Sao Paulo and getting to Delta felt like we were already almost home. It was lovely to look at
Friday, March 3, 2023 I am writing this first thing in the morning, because I don’t know if we will get a chance later. We fly 4.5 hours from Manaus to Sao Paulo, wait 5 hours, fly 9.5 hours to Atlanta, wait 2 hours, fly 2.5 hours home. Here is yesterday’s quiz – we had
Thursday, March 2, 2023 Night has fallen on the Amazon. The 30 passenger speedboat heads against the barge dock alongside the ship. Passengers step excitedly onboard. The engines thrum as the water soars in a wall of water eight feet high on either side of the boat. We make rapid progress across the Rio Negro
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Wednesday, March 1, 2023 Happy March! I think spring is just around the corner (because I am in Brazil and it is 90 degrees). It was doughnut day at breakfast, which was pretty exciting because breakfast is exactly the same every day. The unfortunate part was that there was no way to know about it
